Several United States Navy ships have borne the name Charleston, after the city of Charleston, South Carolina, after 1863 this included Charleston, West Virginia.
- The first Charleston (1798) was a galley mounting one 24-pounder gun, identical to Mars (length 52 ft, breadth 15 ft, depth 5.1 ft, complement 28). She was built at Charleston in 1798, commanded by "Captain-of-a-Galley" James Payne, and used to defend the coast of South Carolina during the Quasi-War with France. The ship was sold in Charleston around 1 February 1802.
- The second Charleston (C-2) was a protected cruiser commissioned 1889 and which captured Guam in 1898 but was wrecked the following year.
- The third Charleston (C-22) was a protected cruiser that served from 1905 to 1923.
- The fourth Charleston (PG-51) was a patrol boat used in World War II.
- The fifth Charleston (AKA-113/LKA-113) was an amphibious cargo ship commissioned 1968 and decommissioned 1992, and mothballed at Portsmouth, Virginia.
Source
- This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.
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